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best viewed as the end result of a learning process. We find that students enter college as open to a major in math or … science as to any other major group, but that a large number of students move away from math and science after realizing that … because students realize that their ability in math/science is lower than expected rather than because students realize that …
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We develop a Roy model of social interactions in which individuals sort into peer groups based on comparative advantage. Two key results emerge: First, when comparative advantage is the guiding principle of peer group organization, the effect of moving a student into an environment with...
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College completion and college success often lag behind college attendance. One theory as to why students do not …. Over the course of two separate school years, InsideTrack, a student coaching service, provided coaching to students from … public, private, and proprietary universities. Most of the participating students were non-traditional college students …
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We evaluate the effects of academic achievement awards for first and second-year college students on a Canadian … 70 for second-year students, but there was no significant effect on overall GPA. Results are somewhat stronger for a …
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high-achieving students from relatively poor families. We followed 107 high school seniors through the college admissions … process in 2006-2007; we selected 52 of these students at random, offering them ten hours of individualized college advising … have influenced the choice of where the students applied to college. We estimate that students offered counseling were 7 …
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significant reductions in academic performance, particularly for the highest-performing students. This suggests that the negative …
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Reinforcing earlier findings from other data, college senior fraternity/sorority members are more likely to consume alcohol frequently. Large reductions in estimates upon controlling for time spent partying, and to a lesser extent cigarette use and intramural sports involvement, suggest...
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symptoms, feeling sad and losing interest in usual activities for at least two consecutive weeks, among high school students … below, by over 15%. Coefficient sizes are similar when comparison groups are restricted to students engaging in correlated …
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We consider the relationship between collegiate-football success and non-athlete student performance. We find that the team's success significantly reduces male grades relative to female grades. This phenomenon is only present in fall quarters, which coincides with the football season. Using...
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's performance changes after he gains legal access to alcohol, controlling flexibly for the expected evolution of grades as students … make progress towards their degrees. We find that students' grades fall below their expected levels upon being able to …
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